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Mike Griffin, legislative agent for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, encourages church leaders and students to be engaged in the political process. By Roger Alford CLEVELAND, Ga. – A long-time pastor who now speaks on behalf of 1.4 million Georgia Baptists in the state Capitol called Monday for reinforcements to help ensure political leaders do […]
Students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered for a chapel service commemorating the 75th anniversary of Truett McConnell University. By Jenny Gregory CLEVELAND, Ga. – Anyone looking for respite in these troubled times need only to look to the Lord, Truett McConnell University President Emir Caner reminded students, faculty, staff and alumni in a recent chapel […]
Matt Versluis, left, and Curtis Rowe, members of First Baptist Church in Lyons, Ga., get together the day before their surgeries. By Roger Alford LYONS, Ga. – Doctors have successfully completed dual surgeries that took a kidney from a Georgia high school football coach and implanted it into a fellow churchgoer he met earlier this […]
Nurse Jane Dekle poses with the van she uses to do wellness checks for homebound members of First Baptist Church in Statesboro. She plans to retire at the end of the month. By Roger Alford STATESBORO, Ga. – While the pastoral staff at First Baptist Church ministers to the spiritual needs of more than 2,500 […]
Georgia Pastor Griffin Gulledge and his wife Rachel brought their daughter Rosemary home earlier this month. Rosemary was born 10 weeks early and weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces. By Timothy Cockes NASHVILLE (BP) – Several recent news stories provided Southern Baptists the opportunity for reflection, reinforcement and encouragement regarding the pro-life ethic. One such event […]
Toombs County assistant football coach Matt VerSluis, left, is giving a kidney to Curtis Rowe, right, a fellow church member he met earlier this year. By Roger Alford LYONS, Ga. – Matt VerSluis has taken the biblical admonition about generosity to a whole new level. The long-time high school football coach volunteered to give one […]
ABOVE, Neil Spradley, left, and Terry Niblett load a cooler filled with meals onto a Dodge County Baptist Association van in Eastman, Ga. RIGHT, Neil Spradley delivers a meal to Robert Smith. By Roger AlfordEASTMAN, Ga. – It sounded like a family reunion on the porch of 80-year-old Robert Smith’s home last week when a […]
Buck Burch, left, a former missionary to Russia, talks with Peter Mitskevich, the leader of the Russian Baptist Union. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – Russian believers are concerned about the spiritual health of the United States and are praying the country will return to the Christian values it was founded on, the leader of […]
Stephen and Alex Kendrick talk about their latest movie, Show Me the Father, during the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s SPARK conference on Thursday. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – The Georgia brothers who carved out a filmmaking niche for themselves with family-friendly, faith-based movies are hopeful their next project, Show Me the Father, will have […]
By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – Too often, God’s people are taking sides in political and cultural divisions, weaking their ability to lead people to the kingdom of heaven, a pastor and nationally syndicated preacher told some 2,000 Georgia Baptists who gathered Thursday for an online discipleship conference. Using a football analogy, Tony Evans, pastor […]
Members of Clarkston International Bible Church volunteered in April at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic in this file photo. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – Just as church life was returning to normal in Georgia, the surge in COVID-19 has reached many congregations, forcing some pastors to close down small group Bible studies and to […]
Alex and Stephen Kendrick will be among a strong lineup of speakers at the SPARK conference that premieres on Thursday. By Roger Alford DULUTH, Ga. – The Georgia brothers who showed the world there’s a huge market for family-friendly, faith-based movies like Overcomer and War Room will provides insights into their next major project during […]